{{Short description|New Zealand tennis player (1911–1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2026}}
{{Infobox tennis biography | name = Dennis Coombe | fullname = Dennis Cameron Coombe | country = {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand | birth_date = {{birth date|1911|11|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = 1979 | death_place = London, England | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1937, 1938) | FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1937, 1950) }} '''Dennis Cameron Coombe''' (11 November 1911–1979) was a New Zealand amateur tennis player. He also worked as a tennis broadcaster and commentated at the Wimbledon Championships alongside Fred Perry for ITV.<ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup Match to be Televised |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/784889632 |work=The Birmingham Post |date=10 May 1957}}</ref>
Born in 1911, Coombe hailed from a prominent family in the Rangitikei area.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manawatū’s greatest tennis player re-discovered |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/opinion/300232573/manawats-greatest-tennis-player-rediscovered |work=Stuff |date=18 February 2021}}</ref>
Coombe possessed a good all–round game and was regarded as a skilled tactician.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=John |title=A graceful man of the courts |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19791215.2.136 |work=The Press |date=15 December 1979}}</ref> A Wellington provincial player, Coombe was the North Island singles champion in 1935 and two years later became New Zealand national champion.<ref>{{cite news |title=N.Z. Davis Cup Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/811823165 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 April 1937}}</ref> He played a Davis Cup singles rubber for New Zealand in 1937, losing to Eustace Fannin of South Africa, then in 1939 partnered with Cam Malfroy to defeat the British pairing of Frank Wilde and Charles Hare in a doubles rubber.<ref>{{cite news |title=Davis Cup Match In England |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/986994272 |work=The Sun |date=13 May 1939}}</ref>
A businessman by profession, Coombe lived for many years in England and served as a local representative for the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association. He died in London in 1979.<ref name="Obituary"/>
==See also== *List of New Zealand Davis Cup team representatives
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ATP|ci90}} *{{Davis Cup player|new_id=f7732c66-3600-4343-b081-c177f9d23705}} *{{ITF profile|dennis-coombe/800171917/nzl}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coombe, Dennis}} Category:1911 births Category:1979 deaths Category:New Zealand male tennis players Category:Sportspeople from Manawatū-Whanganui Category:New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom Category:New Zealand sports commentators Category:Tennis commentators